Ecorazzi - Ithaca,NY,USA

Actor Paul Newman has announced that he is leaving the Hollywood scene to focus on his life as an organic entrepreneur.

‘Paul Newman Retires Acting To Focus On Organic Passions’

The Japan Times - Japan

Some insects are highly revered in Japanese culture. While in the West, we may whack first and ask questions later, in Japan, you should really shouldn’t go around indiscriminately killing insects. It may even be bad luck.

‘Before you whack or splat — consult the Insect Hotline’

Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

A dispute over flowers led one man to shoot another over the weekend, Louisville Metro police said.

‘Man arrested in shooting over flowers’

Worcester News - Worcester,UK

MOURNERS have been banned from leaving plastic flowers at a village graveyard because church leaders say they are disrespectful to the dead.

‘Church bans plastic flowers’

Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK

AN EXTRAORDINARY collection of floral X-rays are going on show at New Hall, Cambridge.

‘Inner beauty of flowers revealed’

SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA

They are among the most sensitive and hardest-working creatures in nature.

‘Possible culprit identified in decline of honeybees’

Meadow Free Press - Meadow,ID,USA

The 2,300-acre International Peace Garden, which straddles the U.S.-Canadian border and signifies the long-standing peace between the two countries, once exploded in colorful blooms and invited visitors with its picturesque waterfall.

‘Peace garden getting a makeover’

Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA

Troy-Bilt Recalls Children’s Gardening Gloves Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard.

‘Troy-Bilt Recalls Children’s Gardening Gloves Due to Lead …’

Inside Greentech (press release) - San Jose,CA,USA

A Nevada company has become one of the first to successfully commercialize the hitherto fringe science of aeroponics, or growing plants in air.

‘Growing food and flowers in air’

9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA

EAGLE COUNTY - As the senior landscape engineer for the town of Vail, Gregg Barrie knows a weed when he sees one, and these days he’s seeing a lot of weeds.

‘Green Fairy’ weed taking a whack at Colorado plants’